Royal Ascot News

Yeats - four time winner of the Gold Cup
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Art Connoisseur Masters Jubilee Rivals 20/06/09
Art Connoisseur caused an upset when repelling a global challenge to win the Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Bronze Cannon Fires in Hardwicke 20/06/09
Bronze Cannon got up in the dying strides to deny Campanologist in the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Ghanaati Queen of the Fillies 19/06/09
Ghanaati stormed to victory in the Royal Ascot race billed as the battle of the Guineas winners, the Coronation Stakes.

Father Time lands King Edward for Henry Cecil 19/06/09
Father Time gave trainer Henry Cecil his 71st Royal Ascot winner when thrashing his opponents in the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot on Friday.

Yeats Achieves Greatness 18/06/09
Yeats raced into the record books by becoming the first horse in history to claim the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot for a fourth time.

Godolphin Flying Again 18/06/09
Godolphin got off the mark for the Royal Ascot meeting as unbeaten filly Flying Cloud streaked home in the Ribblesdale Stakes.

Radiohead Rocks in Norfolk 18/06/09
Radiohead showed the best turn of foot to run out an impressive winner of the Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot despite a troubled passage.

Jealous Again Romps to Queen Mary Victory 17/06/09
It was a case of deja-vu for American trainer Wesley Ward as, just as Strike The Tiger had done in the Windsor Castle Stakes on Tuesday, his Jealous Again bolted out of the stalls, grabbed the rail and was never caught.

Vision Victorious for France 17/06/09
Eric Libaud's French raider Vision D'Etat burst through the pack in the final furlong to land the Prince Of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot in a thrilling finish.

Spacious Strides to Victory 17/06/09
Spacious made all under jockey Johnny Murtagh to defeat fellow Cheveley Park-owned Heaven Sent at Royal Ascot on Wednesday.

Forgotten Voice Blasts Home in Royal Hunt Cup 17/06/09
Forgotten Voice landed an almighty gamble when spreadeagling the field in the Royal Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot on Wednesday.

Canford destroys Coventry rivals
16/06/09
Canford Cliffs annihilated his Coventry Stakes rivals at Royal Ascot in the style of a brilliant juvenile.

Mastercraftsman Has the Tools
16/06/09
Mastercraftsman stuck out his neck in the gamest fashion to hold off Delegator in a thrilling renewal of the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Scenic Blasts Home 16/06/09
Scenic Blast blew away his rivals to give Australia a fourth win in the King's Stand Stakes in five years at Royal Ascot.

Paco Boy Proves Doubters Wrong 16/06/09
Paco Boy dismissed doubts about his ability to stay the one-mile trip in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot with a superb victory for the Richard Hannon team.

Global Sprint Challenge Raiders Hopeful of Success 12/06/09
Takeover Target, the great Australian sprinter, will be restricted to just one race at Royal Ascot this year, the Group One Golden Jubilee Stakes worth £450,000 on Saturday, June 20, because of his age.

Quadruple Bidding Yeats Heads Group One Entries 22/04/09
Yeats (Aidan O’Brien), who will be bidding for an unprecedented fourth Gold Cup in June, heads 32 entries for this year’s race.

Aussie Challengers Headline Glittering International Cast for Royal Ascot Sprints
22/04/09
No fewer than eight nations could be represented in this year’s King’s Stand Stakes and Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot, legs two and three of the Global Sprint Challenge.

Record Prize Money for 2009 Royal Meeting 06/01/09
Ascot Racecourse today announces that prize money for the 2009 Royal Meeting (Tuesday 16th June to Saturday 20st June) has been increased by £450,000 to £4,450,000.

Kingsgate Native is the Sprint King 21/06/08
Kingsgate Native bounced back from defeat earlier in the week to win the Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Macarthur Wins Thrilling Hardwicke 21/06/08
Macarthur gave trainer Aidan O'Brien and jockey Johnny Murtagh yet another win at the Royal meeting with victory in the Hardwicke Stakes.

Lush Lashes Lands Coronation Stakes 20/06/08
Jim Bolger's decision to return Lush Lashes to a mile paid dividends when the filly sprinted clear of her rivals to land the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Campanologist Rings One Up for Frankie 20/06/08
Frankie Dettori produced a textbook front-running ride as Godolphin celebrated their first winner of the week with Campanologist (9-1) in the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot.